In view of the latest situation of COVID-19 and uncertainties in global business travels, along with discussions with our tour presenters, performing venues and related partners, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s (HK Phil) tour to Japan and Korea, originally have been rescheduled to a later time of the year, now has been cancelled.

The HK Phil, Music Director Jaap van Zweden, our Board of Governors as well as the administration put the health and well-being of our audience, players and staff at the forefront of our priorities. We sincerely hope that the orchestra’s home city, as well as other parts of the world, will recover soon and overcome the current challenging situation. The orchestra and its Music Director Jaap van Zweden look forward to performing for audiences in Japan and Korea in the near future.

The HK Phil would like to thank our tour presenters in Japan and Korea, our performing venue partners, as well as sponsors, for their support.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Jaap van Zweden, our Board of Governors as well as the administration put the health and well-being of our audiences, players and staff at the forefront of our priorities. Like most cultural organisations, we have made major adjustments to our regular activities in order to accommodate these exceptional circumstances.

The HK Phil believes passionately in the power of music. Since February, we have been sharing our love of music and support for our community through "Phil Your Life With Music". We hope our videos, available on website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, WeChat and Weibo, will brighten your life and keep us connected.

The new 2020/21 season and more music projects will be announced in June and July. Please stay tuned!

Never underestimate the power of music. Stay strong and hopeful as always. We hope to see you again very soon!

Programme

To tie in with the response level under the "Preparedness and Response Plan for Novel Infectious Disease of Public Health Significance" being raised to Emergency Response Level and avoid people from gathering, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced on 28 January 2020 that the LCSD cultural and leisure facilities, including performance venues such as Hong Kong Cultural Centre, will be temporarily closed from 29 January 2020 until further notice.

The advertised performances of “Jaap’s Beethoven 2 | Rudolf Buchbinder” have been cancelled. Ticket holders to the cancelled concert, please submit your preferred ticket arrangement by completing the form (Download) with your intact printed ticket(s) on or before 29 FEB 2020. Below are the available options:

(1) Apply for a FULL refund of the face value of the ticket(s) by CHEQUE;

(2) Donate to the HK Phil “Student Ticket Fund” To subsidise half-price tickets for local full-time students, nurturing the passion for orchestral music of the next generation. Over 12,000 students have benefited from the fund annually. Your donations contribute to the arts and culture life of our younger generation and our home city, Hong Kong; also support the HK Phil in presenting diverse programmes to inspire through the finest music-making; or

(3) Swap the ticket(s) to another HK Phil 2019/20 Season concert.

(4) Ticket holders may register (Click to Register) for CASH refund on or before 29 FEB 2020. The exact refund period will be announced based on the epidemic situation and the resumption of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The HK Phil will notify the registered ticket-holders for the details by email. Please retain the intact printed ticket(s) for refund in the meantime.

For the HK Phil’s concerts scheduled in February, we shall communicate closely with these venues (including Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsuen Wan Town Hall and others) to find out if these concerts are going on as planned or shall be cancelled. The HK Phil will make further announcement on website and Facebook. Stay tuned and thank you.

Concert duration is approx. 2 hours (including one interval). Please stay tuned for the traffic arrangement on that day.

“Although my doctor had forbidden me to work, I sat down to do something for those mustachios who are genuinely fond of me.” So wrote Beethoven in 1811 as he started on a commission for the theatre in the Hungarian city of Pest. Those “mustachios” received Ruins of Athens Overture. Our second Beethoven anniversary concert also follows his growing fame back in Vienna with his second symphony and, despite its number, his fourth piano concerto featuring Rudolf Buchbinder, described by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as "one of today's most important and competent Beethoven performers”.

Full-time students, citizens aged 60 and above, people with disabilities & the minder*, CSSA recipients: 50% off (with quota, this discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers)
* For purchase of each concessionary ticket for people with disabilities, the customer can purchase one ticket of same concession for a minder.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and is a Venue Partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

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